Introduction You will soon be learning a lot about exploration and discovery. You will be using your research to create a creative and informative museum exhibit. We expect a number of important visitors to the museum opening including classmates, students in other grades, parents, teachers and administrators. Click here to find out what is an Exploration, discovery or invention. Click here to find out what is discovery and invention (from Wikipedia) You will investigate an area of exploration or discovery. You will then use your research to create a museum exhibit.
After completing your museum display, the museum will be opened to your parents on and to other members of the ISL community on.....
You will be expected to answer questions about your explorer and about your exhibit. Use the links below using the BIG 6 strategies to help you complete different aspects of your assignment
1. Task definition
2.Information seeking strategies
3.Location& access of information
4. Use of information
5.Synthesis
6.Evaluation
What do we need to do and what information do we need?
Brainstorm what are the possible resources and select the best resources
Finding the best sources and the information within the sources
How the information is collected= engage. (read, hear, view) and extract relevant information
Decide which resources will possibly answer your questions REMEMBER to use KEY WORDS
Decide which resources you will look at first.
Write each Guiding question in a separate heading.( or tab in OneNote) As you find information on each section write notes in your own words and record the source in the first column.( or directly onto the page in OneNote)
Decide the exact format your product will take and how you are going to present it.
Look again at the assessment rubric for the report. What things can be improved before you hand it in?
Look at the Museum exhibit rubric. Have you included all the requirements? Is it clear to the audience what you are trying to tell them about? What could you do to make it more interesting?
Put your product together taking care with headings, writing and layout. For an oral presentation your headings and sub headings can be your prompt cards
Look at the assessment rubric for process. What things did you do well and what could you have done to make the process more effective?
*don't forget to constantly refer to the assignment ( in step 1) and evaluation rubrics( in step 6) to see what you are aiming at in terms of organization and time management skills. Think also about how you might present this
You will soon be learning a lot about exploration and discovery. You will be using your research to create a creative and informative museum exhibit. We expect a number of important visitors to the museum opening including classmates, students in other grades, parents, teachers and administrators. Click here to find out what is an Exploration, discovery or invention. Click here to find out what is discovery and invention (from Wikipedia)
You will investigate an area of exploration or discovery.
You will then use your research to create a museum exhibit.
After completing your museum display, the museum will be opened to your parents on and to other members of the ISL community on.....
You will be expected to answer questions about your explorer and about your exhibit.
your assignment
Click here to see the list of approved topics.
Click here for possible resources on scientific Explorers
Decide which resources you will look at first.
Look at the Museum exhibit rubric. Have you included all the requirements? Is it clear to the audience what you are trying to tell them about? What could you do to make it more interesting?
( click here to see Ms DaSilva's Powerpoint presentation on defining and narrowing or expanding your topic)
click here to go to BibME for help citing your sources
What do you NEED to find out? Click here to go to the questions for the report you will need to produce.
What do YOU want to find out? Add your own specific questions.
Click here for a plan and schedule for the Museum Project
*don't forget to constantly refer to the assignment ( in step 1) and evaluation rubrics( in step 6) to see what you are aiming at in terms of organization and time management skills. Think also about how you might present this
and fill it out.